Friendships Fading Away?
By angelia286
@angelia286 (2029)
Singapore
July 25, 2008 2:28am CST
I really miss my group of friends who I had lots of fun with during my school days before I started working. We used to hang out almost every single day and had tons of stuff to talk about. We make the effort to meet at least once a week outside of school just to hang out.
However, now that everyone has graduated from school, things are different. All of us had gone our seperate ways and are busy with married life/ work/ commitments that we are just so tired at the end of the day so much that catching up with friends is a thing of the past, and a ghost of a memory.
Sometimes, I wish that I am back in school and never grow up. It's a kind of irony. When we are in school, we hope to graduate fast and step out to the working world, but when we are in the working world, we hope to be young and go back to school. Lol.
How about you guys? Anyone has this notslagia feeling about the past? Do you have friendships fading away, while trying to make ends meet? Are you still in close contacts with your close friends? Share your stories here!
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4 responses
@vickiandrick (22)
• United States
26 Jul 08
I know how you feel i had a best friend that lives in California and we were friends for 13 years and i moved to Indiana and I lost contact with her. She and i had so much fun together and we did everything together. i have recently got ahold of her and she seemed happy to hear from me and has my phone number and email address but i rarely hear from her . but i still miss her alot.
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@angelia286 (2029)
• Singapore
26 Jul 08
Thanks for sharing your story here. I am sure that you really do miss your best friend, especially so that both of you were childhood friends for 13 years. The first few months of separation must be really very difficult for both of you. But again, that's life.
Hearing your story reminded me of a friend that I lost. She studied in Singapore till she was 10 and later on, moved back to Texas, USA. Ever since, we had totally lost contact. It had been 12 years since that day we last saw her.
Through technology, we managed to track her down using myspace. But, it is no longer the same, and she had somehow or rather outgrew all of her friends back here in Singapore. Still, we wished her all the best, as she looked really happy in her present life.
All of us, growing up, we had moved on.. and I guess childhood friendships would always only be that.. memories of yesterday years.
Perhapes you could take the first initiative to maintain contacts with her, rather than waiting for her to call or email her? That might just revive the friendship that both of you used to have.
Well, I wish you all the best, and take care! =)
@hate3rdparties (20)
• Philippines
25 Jul 08
Me, i haven't seen my friends for four years, but thanks to social networking sites and cellphones... i can once in a while text them simple messages to tell them that im still here that i think of them everyday... and that i will always love them and hope to see them soon. Maybe a get together to the place we use to hang out and reminisce all the fun we had there.
I totally miss them!!
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@angelia286 (2029)
• Singapore
25 Jul 08
Technology could be both a blessing or a curse, depending on how one view it. Ahh.. I could totally understand what you mean. The memories of yesterdays, the innocence and carefree days haunting us all once in a while. The feeling of missing but yet, not being able to capture those days again.. Sigh~
Well, I wish you all the best in your meeting ups with your friends. It would be a very big pity to let good friendships die out just because all of us are busy.
Thanks for your comments =)
